Word: de
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...volumes, free lectures on the arts, sciences, or literature in her Sanders Theatre, and the use of her magnificent halls for civic purposes. We are indebted to her for kindly courtesies to distinguished guests, notably of late, when our French visitors, the descendants of Lafayette, Rochambeau, De Grasse, and others, our Revolutionary allies, under the escort of the representatives of the city government, were received by the president, faculty, and students in a most becoming manner. I should also recognize the interest of its officers in our municipal affairs. In our seasons of joy or of sorrow, the president, with...
...Wesphalian Zoological Society recently enjoyed an extraordinary banquet. The company were served with cutlets of lioness, a ragout of badger, a bustard and a crane stuffed with chestnuts and plums. These viands all received due attention, but it was the unanimous opinion that a crocodile steak was the piece de resistance. It appealed to the nose as well as the palate, emitting a peculiarly grateful and appetizing odor...
...Comte Le Diable de Lance...
...DE JONES will hold a circle this evening, at 7.30. Relatives and friends are invited to attend without further notice. No. 476 Bushmont...
Having collected her "ante," Dr. De Jones sat down and told us that she would go into a trance. From the expression of her countenance and the contortions of her body, I thought that it was more likely that she was going into a fit, brought on by a too liberal diet of green fruit. But the aged citizen who met us at the door, and who seemed to be a kind of manager, assured us that it was positively a trance, and a superior article...